David Meredith

DAVID MEREDITH currently serves as Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Rackspace (an Apollo Private Equity company). Rackspace, the leading multi-cloud IT-as-a-Service provider with $2.5B of revenue, serves customers in over 100 countries including more than half of the Fortune 100.

In 2018, Forbes named Rackspace one of America’s Best Midsize Employers and Rackspace ranked #25 on the “Companies that Care” list compiled by People Magazine and Great Place to Work.

Prior to Rackspace, David served as a President at CenturyLink where he led the successful multibillion-dollar spin-out for the Global Data Center Hosting business. His previous experience spans board and leadership roles for venture-backed firms such as NeuPals in China to large public companies such as VeriSign, CGI and Capital One.

As an industry thought leader, Meredith has provided insights for leading media outlets such as BusinessWeek, USA Today and The Washington Post. CIO Magazine, Wireless Week and The Huffington Post have published his articles. David has spoken on industry topics for NBC’s Carson Daly Show, NPR’s Morning Edition, Seoul Broadcasting System, PBS’ Nightly Business Report and at analyst forums such as Gartner, Bloomberg, Yankee and Cantor Fitzgerald.

In December 2016, the respected Uptime Institute recognized Meredith’s contributions to the Industry by selecting him for their Change Leader Award. David was named “Top 40 under 40 – Best and Brightest Leaders” by Georgia Trend Magazine in 2008.

David earned his master’s degree from the University of Virginia, where he previously served as Chairperson for the MIT Advisory Board.